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Yeah, I don’t get this drug either. It’s a ‘me, too’ drug in a field that’s covered pretty well. It’ll (probably) have the same indications and contraindications as Toradol, but with the benefit of being new, thus more expensive.

@WMR – “Amorphophalus konjac” is the binomial name for what the Japanese call konnyaku (some cookbooks translated from Japanese into English call it ‘devil’s tongue’). It contains a high amount of the fiber glucomannan – making it a popular diet food in Japan, and also apparently on infomercials.

Konnyaku is kind of.like tofu in that it doesn’t taste like much by itself, but picks up the flavors of what it is cooked with.

My second thought was, why would any manufacturer use negative words such as heat (I also live in Texas) and pain? It’s a bit like the world’s worst corporate name: Microsoft. Wouldn’t you want Macrohard, really?

I do love the latin roots, although shouldn’t it include tumor, rubor, and functio laesa making the new drug caldolortumrubfun? Would love the mispronounciations of that one… “I’m allergic to that new drug: haldol fun tummy rub. Oh, also vicodin 5s, but not the 10s”.